If you want some private tutoring sessions, use this link to BookWithMe at TakeLessons.com. You can purchase lessons for holiday gifts that a budding photographer will really enjoy. We can work together virtually anywhere in the world, too!

New digital photography classes set for 2017

Click here to see the latest schedule of classes and sign up with the included link.

To round out this year please join us at the Night Photography Series at Santiago Canyon College/Community Services. Classes include how to capture light trails, city and holiday lights, light writing, HDR and panorama image processing. We will meet on three Thursday evenings, 11/17, 12/1 and finish in the SCC computer lab on 12/8/2016.

This course now includes creativity exercises, night photography magic, and a Saturday session on campus. Along with the old standby Basic Digital Cameras, there are two wildlife sessions. A favorite location is Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary in Silverado Canyon and a new excursion to San Joaquin Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. We will be introducing Lightroom and Photoshop and offering an Open Lab to continue your work with a guide.

You’ve been asking for it and it is here!

An advanced beginner/intermediate photography class. You will be challenged in the Digital Photography Intensive on two Sunday afternoons in April. We help you learn the custom functions of your camera to help you decide if you want to use them or not.

Don’t forget – we are enjoying great success with virtual sessions, too. Can’t get away from the office? Can’t fit classes into your busy schedule? Use this link to book your private tutoring lessons with Julie at TakeLessons.com

Digital photography virtual classes…

Have you ever wanted some private photography tutoring, but couldn’t spare the time in your busy schedule to travel to the instructor, have the lesson, then travel to your next destination? Do you wish you could just book a 30-minute session to ask some very specific questions? Do you want quick answers and don’t want to spend time in a semester-long photography class? I think you will find virtual classes a real boon to your busy lifestyle.

In the same town, in the same state, around the globe…Technology to the rescue!

We have been working with Skype, Google Hangouts, and TakeLessons.com Classroom to conduct our virtual classes in digital photography for some time now. The process is getting better and better and is really a lot of fun. It is cost-effective for the students and for the teacher, too. Being able to share the computer screen is essential and these online programs are easy to use.

The virtual environment is quite easy to create. You just need a computer with a built-in camera and microphone (or you can make those purchases separately…buy, why would you?) or an iPad/tablet, or even an iPhone/cell phone.

I will help you design the photography training that you are looking for and deliver just what you need at a convenient time in your schedule.

Start the new year off right with digital photography and software training.

Study Hall

is offered in our Tustin studio on Saturdays for the month of January. Originally intended to work on Lightroom and Photoshop, we are also including open sessions for camera operation questions. It’s free form and like having a photo angel on your shoulder.

In addition to our regular classes, Basic Digital Cameras and Introduction to Digital Photography, we have added several new learning experiences. They include photo excursions, Introduction to Studio Lighting, Introduction to Lightroom and Photoshop.

We just updated our schedule of digital photography classes for 2015 – read it here.

Gift certificates

are available NOW for the holidays!

Or, fulfill your New Year’s resolution to learn about your digital camera and take better pictures in 2015. Join Julie as she takes the mystery out of digital photography at Santiago Canyon College or at field sessions around the O.C.

As the year draws to a close, we have just a few Digital Photography Classes – field sessions left to help you hone your skills this year. We are dark during December as we celebrate the holidays and prepare for next year.

Here’s what we will be doing in November –

Saturday, November 8: Beach/Ocean in the morning and Wildlife in the afternoon. (Our rain date is the following day, November 9).

Saturday, November 15: Tidepools at low tide 11:30 am, then Sherman Gardens in the afternoon. (Our rain date is the following day, November 16 with low tide at noon.)

PLEASE NOTE: There are two more lunar eclipses next year and I hope you will consider joining me for the night. I was able to capture some exciting images and I even created some fusion and hybrid videos. Watch them with these links.